Post by Dai-T on Oct 14, 2012 3:45:05 GMT -5
The sexualy charged Katsu-nee is back but has this horn dog learned some new useful tricks?
One thing to note about Katsuragi while it would seem she is the same because like the other character she has the same moves from the last game so you would think no big deal only diffrence for her is the properties on nearly all her moves has changed making her feel like a diffrent character.
Yin mode/ non turnover form
In her base form the first thing you will noticed is that they changed her X attack or her break dance move to a light cartweel attack that does not know down. Now just stop right here because her ENTIRE ground game was based off the X attack with this little change everything is diffrent and she can not be played at all the same way the amount of stuff that changed because of this little thing is too much to list off. She still has the attack but now its part of an X>X string and even then you can not use it. So right at the start she is diffrent so what else is diffrent. All her moves do not have stoppng power anymore nore do her air X attacks have multiple uses. Like example launcher, bound move normal attack or just ender in combo. All of that just off her arial X attack. her base combos are keep the same but now with her new cartwheel attack makes her play more like Hibari and for those that seen the simple Hibari infinite now you know what katsuragi can do. While this is a usable move in the Yin modes its not all usable in the others as you would get killed.
Yin mode/ Turnover form transformed
With all her properties being changed she no longer can string ninpou after ninpou together in a loop and can barly manage 2. lucky for her she has a new air ninpou that is not only long range but can give good follow up after but nothing as good as her old one from max combo output. her new added moves are more flashy with added multi kicks to end off a combo. they are good and can hold enemies in place like alot of the other characters can do now. one thig to note is that for some reason her attack range and hit box on her dive kick is extremely large and the kick is almost as fast as Asuka's dive so thats not so bad. This form is the best you are going to get out of Katsuragi everything else is down hill from here but lets see why that is.
Senran mode/ Sercret art unlock
In this forum Katsuragi has longer strings again usless because of the system and slower movment so your playing consist of dive kick and YYX once you are on the ground to get back in the air. one in the air and your meter is charged then you can hit the floor for some ninpou time but after its back to the same thing again. He attacks lack the stopping power to let you stand toe to toe with out your armor and she has not speed to speak of. just the amount of Ninpou you have to use to get anywhere with her is crazy. when in doubt dive kick out.
Yang mode/ bikini form
In this form she has a slight advantage then the others when she has ninpou because she has a really long range ninpou thats does have some follow up depending how you use it but much like the other she has to gain ninpou first and thats not easy so once again you are stuck with dive kicks and limit breaks her ground attacks are too risky givin the short range of her limbs. You will find a challenge in this form for sure just not much fun in playing as her.
I would say Katsuragi got hit the hardest with the nerf stick and its funny because even though I always thought of her as top 2 in the game it was never because of her power in fact she was the weakest character in the last game, it was more because of her options and that so many of other characters options were also avalible to her. She had the abilitiys of Ikagura with out the draw back of not having usless ninpou's. thats what made her stand out. Changing over to the burst system seems to have hurt her more then anyone in the game.
One thing to note about Katsuragi while it would seem she is the same because like the other character she has the same moves from the last game so you would think no big deal only diffrence for her is the properties on nearly all her moves has changed making her feel like a diffrent character.
Yin mode/ non turnover form
In her base form the first thing you will noticed is that they changed her X attack or her break dance move to a light cartweel attack that does not know down. Now just stop right here because her ENTIRE ground game was based off the X attack with this little change everything is diffrent and she can not be played at all the same way the amount of stuff that changed because of this little thing is too much to list off. She still has the attack but now its part of an X>X string and even then you can not use it. So right at the start she is diffrent so what else is diffrent. All her moves do not have stoppng power anymore nore do her air X attacks have multiple uses. Like example launcher, bound move normal attack or just ender in combo. All of that just off her arial X attack. her base combos are keep the same but now with her new cartwheel attack makes her play more like Hibari and for those that seen the simple Hibari infinite now you know what katsuragi can do. While this is a usable move in the Yin modes its not all usable in the others as you would get killed.
Yin mode/ Turnover form transformed
With all her properties being changed she no longer can string ninpou after ninpou together in a loop and can barly manage 2. lucky for her she has a new air ninpou that is not only long range but can give good follow up after but nothing as good as her old one from max combo output. her new added moves are more flashy with added multi kicks to end off a combo. they are good and can hold enemies in place like alot of the other characters can do now. one thig to note is that for some reason her attack range and hit box on her dive kick is extremely large and the kick is almost as fast as Asuka's dive so thats not so bad. This form is the best you are going to get out of Katsuragi everything else is down hill from here but lets see why that is.
Senran mode/ Sercret art unlock
In this forum Katsuragi has longer strings again usless because of the system and slower movment so your playing consist of dive kick and YYX once you are on the ground to get back in the air. one in the air and your meter is charged then you can hit the floor for some ninpou time but after its back to the same thing again. He attacks lack the stopping power to let you stand toe to toe with out your armor and she has not speed to speak of. just the amount of Ninpou you have to use to get anywhere with her is crazy. when in doubt dive kick out.
Yang mode/ bikini form
In this form she has a slight advantage then the others when she has ninpou because she has a really long range ninpou thats does have some follow up depending how you use it but much like the other she has to gain ninpou first and thats not easy so once again you are stuck with dive kicks and limit breaks her ground attacks are too risky givin the short range of her limbs. You will find a challenge in this form for sure just not much fun in playing as her.
I would say Katsuragi got hit the hardest with the nerf stick and its funny because even though I always thought of her as top 2 in the game it was never because of her power in fact she was the weakest character in the last game, it was more because of her options and that so many of other characters options were also avalible to her. She had the abilitiys of Ikagura with out the draw back of not having usless ninpou's. thats what made her stand out. Changing over to the burst system seems to have hurt her more then anyone in the game.